Ask students to identify the 6 people/places/symbols on the first slide of the PPT. Ask them to infer the domain name for each of these people/places/symbols. Tell them that the goal of a domain name is to describe what the website will be about. Domain names should be recognizable, just like the people/places/symbols are.
Acceleration/Previewing/Vocabulary:
domain name
Teaching Strategies and Distributed Guided Practice/Summarizing Prompts:
Share facts about domain names in PPT.
Explain assignment: students are to create their own personal domain name and then check www.register.com to make sure it hasn't already been taken.
Summarizing Strategies:
Students submit their new personal domain names as a comment for their respective teachers. Domain names can then be shared with the rest of the class.
Tell students that they are going to learn today about one of the ways to tell if a site is factual or fictional.
Ask students to identify the 6 people/places/symbols on the first slide of the PPT. Ask them to infer the domain name for each of these people/places/symbols. Tell them that the goal of a domain name is to describe what the website will be about. Domain names should be recognizable, just like the people/places/symbols are.
domain name
Students submit their new personal domain names as a comment for their respective teachers. Domain names can then be shared with the rest of the class.